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BARRIERS experiencing

· Barriers of implementing with little ones without skills
· Open classroom with staff without ability
· Staff not coming on board to learn
· People thinking you have more skills than they have
· Not enough computers
· Barriers from parents not wanting their children on the web
· Do not have net books
· People being aware of what is out there
· Speed of the network
· People happy with the way they are doing things now and do not want to change
· A lot of change over the past few years 1:2 currently
· Some teachers who are not interested in change
· Teachers saying the big problem is students just want to be on face book or on wrong websites
· Can’t get on social networking as they are blocked at our school
· Students not having email address, etc
· Teachers are very busy with roles and responsibilities
· Time restraints
· Not enough time to teach others
· Schools are trying to see 1:1 next year – money, professional learning and leadership
· Technical support
· Server not upgraded
· Blocking of pages
· Frustrating – go home and plan, set up web links, go back to school and won’t work
· Same staff doing all the work
· Others do not put hand up to do things
· Internet dropping out
· Internet credit
· Time to get head around and test things and have the guts to use them and get the students response
· Staff reluctant to change and want to excite others
· Need time to prepare at school
· Barrier of time to practice and play – time to build confidence
· Cultural – busy teaching traditional way – change in culture is needed
· Time table for use of computers
· School access with log on – safer and easier that way….
· Protocol – way school is structured
· Structure of the buildings
· Unreliable network – staff put off
· Security and privacy – scared to go beyond own intranet
· Teacher attitude – staff who do not even send emails
· Technical – having all working all the time
· Replacement staff
ICT PD focus for a particular schools to improve staff attitude and skill
Staff ICT PD in schools – students and staff
Breakfast together to support ICT – on a needs basis


HOW TO OVERCOME THE BARIERS
· time
money
mentoring
new school
leadership
community meeting
security
policies
transition